diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
index 136f29c7d..b85125654 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
@@ -1668,6 +1668,9 @@ sub create_netfilter_load() {
 	   );
 
     push_indent;
+
+    save_progress_message "Preparing iptables-restore input...";
+
     #
     # Establish the values of shell variables used in the following shell commands and/or 'here documents' input.
     #
@@ -1736,6 +1739,8 @@ sub create_netfilter_load() {
     # Now generate the actual iptabes-restore command
     #
     emitj( ' exec 3>&-',
+	   '',
+	   'progress_message2 "Running iptables-restore..."',
 	   '',
 	   'iptables-restore < ${VARDIR}/.iptables-restore-input'
 	 );
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
index 04a2da8f1..a3d01cf0b 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ sub process_macro ( $$$$$$$$$$$$ ) {
 
 	    $mtarget = find_logactionchain $mtarget;
 	} else {
-	    fatal_error "Invalid Action ($mtarget)"  unless $actiontype & STANDARD;
+	    fatal_error "Invalid Action ($mtarget)"  unless $actiontype & ( STANDARD | NATRULE );
 	}
 
 	if ( $msource ) {